What the records say
- When
- 1 Apr 1960
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 20
- Where
- Reggane Alg
- Coordinates
- 26.00° N, 0.09° W
- Yield kt
- 0–20
- Type
- surface
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Gerboise Blanche
1960 weapons test in Reggane, French Algeria
Gerboise Blanche was the codename of the second French nuclear test. It was conducted by the Nuclear Experiments Operational Group (GOEN), a unit of the Joint Special Weapons Command on 1 April 1960, at the Saharan Military Experiments Centre near Reggane, French Algeria in the Sahara desert region of Tanezrouft, during the Algerian War.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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